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Monday 17 August 2026
Raleigh Convention Center
12:00 – 17:00 Conference Registration
13:30 – 17:00 Tutorial: Digital Transformation of the Electric Power Grid
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Reception
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Raleigh Convention Center
8:15 – 8:30 Conference opening – Dr. Alexander Apostolov, Conference Chair
8:30 – 9:00 Keynote address:
Neil Bhagat, General Manager- Grid Strategy and Advancement, Duke Energy
9:00 – 10:30 Morning session TUM 1
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
11:00 – 12:30 Morning session TUM 2
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break at the Exhibition areas
13:30 – 15:30 Afternoon session TUA 1 – Utility Panels
Panel: Emerging Trends in Digital Substation
Jonathan Sykes (Danovo) – Moderator
Brant Heap (SRP)
Glenn Wilson (SoCo)
Shashank Bodhankar (PG&E)
Panel: Data Center Integration – Protection and Control Issues and Solutions
Damir Novosel (DASH Power Partners) – Moderator
Scott Bricker (PG&E)
Zheyuan Cheng (Danovo Energy Solutions)
Alex Apostolov (PAC World)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
16:00 – 17:30 Afternoon session TUA 2
17:30 – 19:30 PAC Demo Hour+
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Raleigh Convention Center
6:00 – 7:30 PAC World Sunrise Run New!
8:30 – 10:15 Morning session WEM 1
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
10:45 – 12:30 Morning session WEM 2
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break at the Exhibition areas
13:30 – 15:30 Afternoon session WEA 1 – Utility Panels
Panel: Commissioning an IEC 61850 Substation
John Bettler (Johnny P&C, LLC) – Moderator
Zeus Xioco (Tesco Automation)
Jonathan Doroh (Southern Companies)
Panel: Edge Analytics for Grid Monitoring: Extracting Value from PMU, PQ, and Sensor Data
David Hart (Danovo Energy Solutions) – Moderator
Jim Follum (PNNL)
Jared Bestebreur (SEL)
Kat Sico (Duke Energy)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
16:00 – 17:30 Afternoon session WEA 2
18:00 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
Thursday 20 August 2026
Raleigh Convention Center
8:30 – 10:15 Morning session THM 1
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
10:45 – 12:30 Morning session THM 2 – Ask the Experts interactive session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break at the Exhibition areas
13:30 – 15:30 Afternoon session THA 1
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break at the Exhibition areas
16:00 – 17:30 Afternoon session THA 2
17:30 End of Conference
